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tblue37

(67,824 posts)
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:32 AM Nov 20

Massie: "I am sorry if one of your billionaire donors is gonna get embarrassed because he went to Rape Island.

Massie: "I am sorry if one of your billionaire donors is gonna get embarrassed because he went to Rape Island. That is what they have coming. In fact, they need to be on the other side of bars, a lot of them."

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T13:49:09.890Z
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Massie: "I am sorry if one of your billionaire donors is gonna get embarrassed because he went to Rape Island. (Original Post) tblue37 Nov 20 OP
Credit where credit is due Chasstev365 Nov 20 #1
Yes get the red out Nov 20 #11
I GUESS he should be commended but in the end he's democratsruletheday Nov 20 #15
Massie's on a mission. "Damn the torpedoes, oasis Nov 20 #2
What I love about this statement is - womanofthehills Nov 20 #20
Donvict has already taken steps to primary him DeeDeeNY Nov 20 #3
Massie & Ro Khanna womanofthehills Nov 20 #19
Massie, to my suprise, seems to be a true conservative. I don't agree with him on most things, either, enigmania Nov 20 #4
If you scroll down on X, you see Massie and family all holding assault weapons in front of an XMAS tree wolfie001 Nov 20 #5
Once a day if it's a 24 hour clock Danmel Nov 20 #8
lol nt wolfie001 Nov 20 #17
Unless it's a 24 hour clock! 3825-87867 Nov 20 #9
should be...even a broken clock is correct twice a day Bengus81 Nov 20 #12
exactly wolfie....he's a total democratsruletheday Nov 20 #16
He was silent about women dying in hospital parking lots due to pregnancy complications wolfie001 Nov 20 #18
Compared to Trump - he's a huge improvement womanofthehills Nov 20 #21
I'll take... kerouac2 Nov 20 #6
Massie's courage will quickly spread throughout the Republican party once the shit starts hitting the fan. sop Nov 20 #7
But is it courage, Massie Style if you vanlassie Nov 20 #10
Yeah...is Massie going to stand up to other Trump and fellow Republicans outrages? Bengus81 Nov 20 #13
Who wants to bet Massie is speaking from experience? BComplex Nov 20 #14

Chasstev365

(6,833 posts)
1. Credit where credit is due
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:41 AM
Nov 20

I share almost zero political beliefs as Thomas Massie, but compared to 99 % of other Republicans, he has stepped up on this and deserves credit.

get the red out

(13,893 posts)
11. Yes
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 09:23 AM
Nov 20

Disagreeing with Republicans on policy is normal. Having an entire political party controlled by one, insane faction is not, and I respect an R that stands up to the pressure of our wannabe dictator. Getting primaried is the least of their worries with all the death threats to them and their families if they defy the great leader. Not that I will ever agree with Massie on much, but that is politics.

democratsruletheday

(1,806 posts)
15. I GUESS he should be commended but in the end he's
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 09:42 AM
Nov 20

still pretty despicable overall. Speaking out against pedos doesn't qualify him for Repuke of the year IMO. Guy is still poison.

womanofthehills

(10,657 posts)
20. What I love about this statement is -
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 05:43 PM
Nov 20

Trump has 3 billionaire donors who are funding an opposition candidate to Massie. I bet it’s one of those 3 billionaires.

Massie knows all the names. He said if any are left out - he will let the world know.

DeeDeeNY

(3,875 posts)
3. Donvict has already taken steps to primary him
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 07:20 AM
Nov 20

Do any of his MAGA supporters stop to ask why? Or wonder why he was labeling it the 'Epstein Hoax' up until last week when he had no choice but to admit maybe it was real but then say it was all Democrats? Of course not. That's why he describes his base as Low Information Voters and that's why he loves them!

womanofthehills

(10,657 posts)
19. Massie & Ro Khanna
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 05:12 PM
Nov 20

Ro Khanna & Massie have collaborated on bills over the yrs but the “Epstein Files Transparency Act “ has been their biggest collaboration.

Now that it passed - it’s supposed to include victims statements. Let’s see how Trump gets around that.

The fact that Trump despises Massie is interesting as more Republicans are liking Massie better than Trump over on X. Many Republicans over on X want a Massie/MTG run in 2028. They are definitely not into J D Vance. Although Trump hates Massie and has 3 wealthy donors funding the opposition- many think at least one of his big donors could be on the Epstein list. Massie is getting donations from all over US. He is a gun toting guy but Republicans like that he built his own house, is off grid and anti war.

He seems more honest than Trump & his gang and he and MTG in the end convinced all the other Republicans to vote for his and Ro Khanna’s
bill.
Trump is fuming- the mega adulterer just attacked Massie for marrying too soon (a yr & a half) after Massie’s long time sick wife died. A wife he had been with for over 30 yrs.

I’m really liking Ro Khanna for co sponsorship of this bill. The young Dems like him and he knows how to market himself to the young like Mamdani did. Love our younger progressive Dems!! It’s weird when 50 is a young Dem.

enigmania

(391 posts)
4. Massie, to my suprise, seems to be a true conservative. I don't agree with him on most things, either,
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 07:22 AM
Nov 20

but he is intelligent, educated, and appears to have integrity.

wolfie001

(6,626 posts)
5. If you scroll down on X, you see Massie and family all holding assault weapons in front of an XMAS tree
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 07:25 AM
Nov 20

Somebody wrote the well-used bon mot: a clock is correct twice a day.

wolfie001

(6,626 posts)
18. He was silent about women dying in hospital parking lots due to pregnancy complications
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 03:53 PM
Nov 20

I'm sure of it. Just a guess but that thinking is endemic in the rePUKE party.

womanofthehills

(10,657 posts)
21. Compared to Trump - he's a huge improvement
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:02 PM
Nov 20

At least he finds raping of kids horrific and killing Palestinian kids horrific too.

Last election he had, AIPAC spent 400 thousand against him and he and MTG are probably the only two Republicans not taking AIPAC money. He’s the only Republican working with our progressive Dems against war. He’s a Republican- what can I say - but definitely not pure evil like Trump.

sop

(17,027 posts)
7. Massie's courage will quickly spread throughout the Republican party once the shit starts hitting the fan.
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:01 AM
Nov 20

Make room on your bandwagon, Mr. Massie...

vanlassie

(6,200 posts)
10. But is it courage, Massie Style if you
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:58 AM
Nov 20

held back and let him take the first punches and you only step in and pick up a few pieces? …Maybe that’s courage, Republican style.

Bengus81

(9,631 posts)
13. Yeah...is Massie going to stand up to other Trump and fellow Republicans outrages?
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 09:30 AM
Nov 20

Taking health care away from 24M people on Jan 1st. Medicaid being GUTTED by $9.1M per year for a decade? Hospitals closing,people dying.

How about those Massie?

BComplex

(9,688 posts)
14. Who wants to bet Massie is speaking from experience?
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 09:41 AM
Nov 20

Too many people think rape only happens to little girls. Just sayin'.... he's been spot on everything he has said, and it has seemed to me that it was totally heart-felt.

I don't care whose party you're in. Rape victims remember, and their bodies remember.

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